Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-16

PERrANINe 70 HEALTH.

y HEALTHY and nutritious drink will be
found Ia buttermilk, as the churning process
has put It through the first process of dlges-
ton, and it creates gastric juice and is easily
assimilated.
a BABY that is each morning quickly
sp0nged with cold, soft water, and then
rubbed dry with a Turkish towel. may be
exposed "a dozen times and not take cold,
where q chlld, accustomed TO the daily warm
bath, VIII continually suffer from an aggra-
waiting cold II the head collie, etc.
THERE arc myriads Of minute nerve
terminals ;hat come TO the surface of the
human body, presenting a sensitive cover
ing to the changes Of atmospheric condi-
ton. y cold is the shock received by these
nerves and communicated TO their centers.
The best protection lies in training these
nerves By proper habits and treatment
FREE ait, outdoor exercise, sufficient
light, wholesome food, frequent bathing and
clean, comfortable clothing are the best pre-
ventives oi disease Girls growing up and
just reaching womanhOod particularly need
them. Lignt and fresh air. in some cases,
prove not Cnly prcscrvatives of health, but
a restorative 70 those out of health. Dark
rooms and solitude tend to produce mental
as wen as bodily disease.
TIE opinion of those giving the matter
close attention is, that of every one hun
drcd infants fed on mothers milk about
eight die at the end of the first year. OF
one hundred wet-pursed eighteen die, and
of one hundred fed ON ''infant-food'' fifty
one Gio by he end Of the first year. Food
derived from cows milk, diluting it with
requisite qG.uiity OF water. and by adding
cream and heating is claimed to be the best
and the safest.
dulged in, with reference TO the eyes
which should be carefully avoided, as they
never fail, sooner o. later, TO bring their
own punishment with them. Using eve
gHsses unnecessarily. accustoming the eyes
to look Intensely on very minute objects,
using onc eve more than another, reading
IN glare of light, and wearing hats with
very narrow rims, are certain to be fol-
lowed by disastrous consequences. Espe-
cially refrain from experimenting with the
spots, colols, Rucs and circles with which
cards, hdndsbills and other advertising de-
vices arc 50 often baited
THOSE who suffer from heat apoplcxy fire.
quently become unconscious at the outset.
The heart and breathing apparatus is not
markedly disturbed and the pupil may be
normal, bat the Inconsistencies decpens
and The case runs on to. Il fatal termination.
u.
the poured out blood, pressing on the nerve
centcrs brings about the fatal event A
treatment calculated TO draw the blood
from the brain 60 the cxtrcmities-hot foot
baths, bleeding, etc. promises to be the
Inost useful iii such cases.
If the children have already taken cold
and cough complaining of "A tightness in
the chest, try his: Into half pint of ice
cold water dissolve two tabiespoonfuls of
salt, ha.ho the chest with this applying
with c.-,'- sponge or hand, completing by
slapuir- gOrously and rubbing with
rough towel. Tho glow that will appear
viii mo-. b" merely external, but will extend
throughout tho uoGF. giving feeling of
buoyaD.- and great ease in breathing.
Every mother knows now cough remedies
almost Invariably upset the baby's
stomach. Then the wise parent will try
every thing else before she uses nauseous
medcucs 20 ease her child's cough and
breathing.
Ti.- duration OF the infectious stages Of
various tf-aasrs is thus given by an En-
glish physician. Measles frcm the second
day OF tao disease. for three weeks; small
pOX from the first day, for four weeks
scarlet fever from thc fourth day, for seven
weeks; mumps from the second dav, for
for three weeks; dWhthera from the first
day for three weeks. Tine incubation periods,
or Intervals occurring between expos
ure TO infection and the first symp-
toms, are as follows Whooping cough,
fourteen days; mumps, eighteen DAYS;
measles, tcB days; smallpox, twelve days;
scarlet fever twelve days; diphtheria, four
teen days.